Duhamel ready to be slimed at Kids' Choice Awards

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2013 file photo, actor Josh Duhamel attends the premiere of "Safe Haven" at the Sunshine Landmark in New York. The "Transformers" star is hosting Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, March 23, 2013, and says the ceremony's traditional dumping of the green stuff on

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FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2013 file photo, actor Josh Duhamel attends the premiere of "Safe Haven" at the Sunshine Landmark in New York. The "Transformers" star is hosting Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, March 23, 2013, and says the ceremony's traditional dumping of the green stuff on celebrities isn't as bad as it looks. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2013 file photo, actor Josh Duhamel attends the premiere of "Safe Haven" at the Sunshine Landmark in New York. The "Transformers" star is hosting Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, March 23, 2013, and says the ceremony's traditional dumping of the green stuff on celebrities isn't as bad as it looks. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) (/ Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

RYAN PEARSON, AP Entertainment Writer

Josh Duhamel doesn't mind the slime.

The "Transformers" star is hosting Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday and says the ceremony's traditional dumping of the green stuff on celebrities isn't as bad as it looks.

Duhamel described the slime as "warm goo" that's "almost soothing in a way" during a break from rehearsals earlier this week.

Duhamel will be joined on stage at the University of Southern California's Galen Center by such famous attendees as Sandra Bullock, Steve Carell and Chris Pine, with Pitbull, Ke$ha and Christina Aguilera scheduled to perform.

Nickelodeon said a record-breaking 326 million votes have already been cast for the show, which honors kids' favorites in film, music, sports and TV.